One follow-up question Philip: Should we Councilors freely spend the users' money without careful diligence? It's oftentimes too easy to spend others' money than it would be our own. In the U.S. our legislators are very good at this. Chuck Gomes "This message is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. Any unauthorized use, distribution, or disclosure is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify sender immediately and destroy/delete the original transmission."
-----Original Message----- From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Philip Sheppard Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 4:03 AM To: 'Council GNSO' Subject: [council] Draft of a possible note to the CEO - updated
I support the letter Avri is drafting. For clarity suggest deleting reference to nom com and ask for equivalence to the Board deal.
On the questions raised... Budget - if ICANN is serious about policy and legitimacy this should be a priority area for funding, Need - Council members already spend vastly more in TIME: asking for refunding of out of pocket costs is only fair and comparable to other organisations, Who pays? - it's the users, it's the users, it's the users: we users thank you registrars and registries for acting as our collection agents.
Philip